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Centre for Conservation completed

This spring 60 staff moved into their
new home, the 2,600 square metre British
Library Centre for Conservation (above),
to the rear of the St Pancras building.
Completed to deadline and to budget with
a construction cost of £13.25 million, the
Centre brings together staff and facilities
covering conservation of recorded sound
as well as all aspects of the book.

The Centre will provide public access to
conservators at work, and will be the focus
of international training and events to raise
the profile of conservation practice.

The building has been designed by
M J Long and Rolf Kentish. It is a
state of the art facility that perfectly
complements the Library’s existing
building, designed by M J Long’s late
husband, Sir Colin St John Wilson.